The agreement adjusts a 1944 treaty between the U.S. and Mexico, letting Mexico pay its Rio Grande water debt to the U.S.

So far, Mexico has delivered only about one-quarter of what it owes for the five-year period that ends in October 2025 ...

A Supreme Court ruling forced Texas and New Mexico back to the table to renegotiate Rio Grande water rights, with mediation ...

Cooler heads prevailed in water negotiations between the U.S. and Mexico and a new amendment signed last Saturday will ...

After the Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the Texas v. New Mexico water case, the parties are going back ...

The treaty amendment gives Mexico more ways to meet its water obligations, but South Texas officials say it might not make a ...

The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through West Texas. Scientists say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore ...

The U.S. and Mexico agreed to amend a 1944 water treaty, which might bring some relief to South Texas farmers struggling with ...

The Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico stores Rio Grande water to be distributed to irrigation districts in Southern New Mexico and far West Texas. Credit: Martha ...

New Mexico Supreme Court over water rights from the Rio Grande. Now a senior judge in the Third Circuit, Smith is serving as a special master to advise the U.S. Supreme Court on what is one of the ...

"Texas sued New Mexico over Rio Grande water. Now the states are fighting the federal government." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that ...

New Mexico Supreme Court over water rights from the Rio Grande. Now a senior judge in the Third Circuit, Smith is serving as a special master to advise the U.S. Supreme Court on what is one of the ...